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TIL The word ‘Freelance’ was first used in the 1820 book 'Ivanhoe’. It referred to a knight with no allegiance.

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Wk479 TIL there will be a Hurricane Kyle if there are 11 named hurricanes or tropical storms in 2020
B7ar TIL Highlighters are typically yellow because it is the color that doesn’t leave a shadow on the page when photocopied
jN16R TIL there is reportedly $2 million worth of treasure hidden in the Rocky Mountains. The man who claims he stashed it there says he did it to cheer people up after the Great Recession. Critics say he’s making it all up just to sell copies of his memoirs
rRJ9o TIL the bell ringer of the tallest cathedral in the Netherlands paid tributes to several music artists. The cathedral paid tributes to e.g. David Bowie, Chester Bennington and Avicii when they died.
v1OXR TIL that, on 16 november 1949, students in Ghent (Belgium) stormed the medieval castle, lowered the portculis and threw fruit from the walls at the police to protest a new tax on beer. The event is still commemorated yearly by the city as the greatest student prank in its history.